漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
隼: falcon
JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
隹 carries the meaning · 十 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
はやぶさhayabusa · kun'yomi · on its own
- 隼はやぶさfalcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco…
- 隼科はやぶさかFalconidae (family of birds of prey)
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 隼人はやとHayato
Also read シュン, ジュン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at those folded wings and that sturdy little body! This is the bird that rests on the garden branches and chirps at dawn.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side隼 falcon · 十
vs隻 vessels · 又In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · sǔn
Same form: 隼 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 隼 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 隼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sǔn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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